01766nab a2200205 4500 20260520000806.0 260224s2009 xxu Azadeh, A. 40470 Ghaderi, S.F. 40471 Omrani, H. 40472 A deterministic approach for performance assessment and optimization of power distribution units in Iran ene. 2009 03/03/2009 ; 03/03/2009 6 p. ; 274-280 Transcripción del resúmen publicado por el autor: This paper presents a deterministic approach for performance assessment and optimization of power distribution units in Iran. The deterministic approach is composed of data envelopment analysis (DEA), principal component analysis (PCA) and correlation techniques. Seventeen electricity distribution units have been considered for the purpose of this study. Previous studies have generally used input-output DEA models for benchmarking and evaluation of electricity distribution units. However, this study considers an integrated deterministic DEA-PCA approach since the DEA model should be verified and validated by a robust multivariate methodology such as PCA. Moreover, the DEA models are verified and validated by PCA, Spearman and Kendall's Tau correlation techniques, while previous studies do not have the verification and validation features. Also, both input- and output-oriented DEA models are used for sensitivity analysis of the input and output variables. Finally, this is the first study to present an integrated deterministic approach for assessment and optimization of power distributions in Iran. 1 Energy Policy 37 ARTICULO 169177 169177 0 0 0 0 236996 BAAB BAAB 2026-03-05 200043972 0 200043972 2026-03-05 15:11:23 2026-03-05 ARTICULO